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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1956-06-13 · Day game · Fenway Park · 11 innings · Att: 8258 · 3:52

Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox played to a 8–8 tie. Vic Wertz went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
BOS	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14

SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Johnny Stevens · 3B: Ed Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	6	1	1	0	0	0
Chico Carrasquel	0	2	0	0	2	0
Al Rosen	4	1	1	1	1	0
Vic Wertz	5	2	3	5	0	0
Sam Mele	5	0	3	1	0	0
Jim Busby	5	0	0	0	0	0
George Strickland	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	1	0	0	0	0
Don Mossi	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cal McLish	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	1	0	1	1	0	0
Early Wynn	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kenny Kuhn	2	1	0	0	0	0
Dale Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Naragon	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Narleski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Piersall	6	1	3	0	1	1
Billy Klaus	6	1	1	0	1	1
Ted Williams	4	3	2	1	2	0
Dick Gernert	4	3	3	0	2	0
Jackie Jensen	6	0	4	4	0	0
Ted Lepcio	5	0	1	2	1	2
Pete Daley	5	0	0	0	1	1
Don Buddin	2	0	0	0	2	1
Willard Nixon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Sisler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Milt Bolling	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Mossi	2.0	5	2	2
Cal McLish	1.1	3	4	0
Bob Feller	0.1	1	1	0
Early Wynn	3.1	2	2	3
Ray Narleski	4.0	3	2	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willard Nixon	3.1	7	2	1
Dave Sisler	7.2	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: 9
Chico Carrasquel: W
Al Rosen: 7
Vic Wertz: HR/8.1-H
Sam Mele: S8
Jim Busby: E5.1-2
George Strickland: 13

Bot 1

Jim Piersall: D7
Billy Klaus: 3/FL
Ted Williams: S7.2-H
Dick Gernert: S8.1-2
Jackie Jensen: S9.1-2;2-3
Ted Lepcio: S7.1-2;2-H;3-H
Pete Daley: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Jim Hegan: 8
Don Mossi: K
Al Smith: 43

Bot 2

Don Buddin: W
Willard Nixon: 54(1)/FO
Jim Piersall: K
Billy Klaus: K

Top 3

Chico Carrasquel: W
Al Rosen: D8.1-H
Vic Wertz: S9.2-3
Sam Mele: S7.1-2;3-H
Jim Busby: 9
George Strickland: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Ted Williams: W
Dick Gernert: D7.1-3
Jackie Jensen: S7.2-H(E7)(NR);3-H
Ted Lepcio: W.1-2
Pete Daley: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Don Buddin: W
Willard Nixon: 5/FL

Top 4

Jim Hegan: E6
Cal McLish: 1
Al Smith: S7.1-2
Earl Averill: S7.1-2;2-H(UR)
Al Rosen: 7
Vic Wertz: HR/9.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Sam Mele: S7
Jim Busby: 4(1)/FO

Bot 4

Jim Piersall: 8
Billy Klaus: S7
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Dick Gernert: W.2-3;1-2
Jackie Jensen: T9.1-H;2-H;3-H
Ted Lepcio: 5/L
Pete Daley: W
Don Buddin: K

Top 5

George Strickland: 63
Jim Hegan: 3/FL
Early Wynn: K

Bot 5

Dave Sisler: 63
Jim Piersall: W
Billy Klaus: 46(1)/FO
Ted Williams: S8.1-2
Dick Gernert: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Al Smith: 53
Kenny Kuhn: 43
Al Rosen: 63

Bot 6

Jackie Jensen: S9
Ted Lepcio: WP.1-2
Ted Lepcio: K
Pete Daley: K
Don Buddin: 8

Top 7

Vic Wertz: 9
Sam Mele: 63
Jim Busby: 7

Bot 7

Dave Sisler: 2/FL
Jim Piersall: 8
Billy Klaus: W
Ted Williams: 9

Top 8

George Strickland: S8
Dale Mitchell: 6(1)/FO
Hal Naragon: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Dick Gernert: W
Jackie Jensen: 6
Ted Lepcio: K
Pete Daley: 9

Top 9

Al Smith: 13
Kenny Kuhn: 7
Al Rosen: W
Vic Wertz: 13

Bot 9

Billy Goodman: K
Dave Sisler: W
Jim Piersall: S7.1-2
Billy Klaus: 7
Ted Williams: 8

Top 10

Sam Mele: 8
Jim Busby: 53
George Strickland: 8

Bot 10

Dick Gernert: S7
Jackie Jensen: 8
Ted Lepcio: 7
Pete Daley: 2/FL

Top 11

Ray Narleski: 43
Hal Naragon: S7
Al Smith: 8
Bobby Avila: 54(1)/FO

Bot 11

Milt Bolling: K
Dave Sisler: 8
Jim Piersall: T9
Billy Klaus: 8

Notes & reviews

not clear when Strickland and Kuhn switched and for how long per PO and A numbers, Kuhn no chances after 2B PO and A in 5th
game called for rain after 33 minute delay

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